lørdag 16. november 2024

Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru

President Joe Biden meet s for the final time Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, his aides say the moment will be ripe for reflection on a relationship that began more than a decade ago, over a long meal in Chengdu. It was an episode that left deep impressions on the president, at least judging by how often he recounts it. A search of Biden’s speeches over the past four years finds 61 instances of him describing a moment at the end of the evening when, asked by Xi to define America, he came up with a single word: Possibilities.

In the end, looking backward may be more productive for Biden and Xi than trying to predict what’s next for their two nations.